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A careful observer of North American wildlife, Robert B. Finley documented the lives, habitats, and classification of mammals ranging from woodrats and mice to bats. His field-based research brings the natural history of the American West vividly into focus.

by Robert B. Finley
Robert B. Finley, Jr. was an American mammalogist and wildlife researcher whose work centered on the mammals of the western United States. He was associated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife Research Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, and contributed to the scientific study of rodents, bats, and other small mammals.
His publications include A New Subspecies of Wood Rat (Neotoma mexicana) from Colorado, A New Piñon Mouse (Peromyscus truei) from Durango, Mexico, and research published in the Journal of Mammalogy and The Great Basin Naturalist. He also co-authored Wild Mammals of Colorado, a field-oriented guide to the state’s wildlife.